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. 3 . H . AT Mt . fc . UNG ATI HE UKti ^ N aM > AS ^ CHOK , ON SAlUKDAY La&TTbe Etr . Mr . S'eprens sddrrwrd tbt- ptop'r <•' L ondon « -u Saturcay mjibt at tte Ciown . ifcd Ant-boi Tareru , Strand , in a fueec-h whic-h oc < i : j > it-d c .-vaid « of iour hours in delivery . The iffi" " » « j ove : tt « wiua . aid lurirp tbr oenirp , tht-n- cii-d lint b-ve t ,, en Itwer tl-nu 4 . 00 U oi 5 0 C 0 iii-ww ^ - The Rt-v . Gfu'Iudbd , at ilu- rlcse ot bts »««¦*¦> , ann-. tiiiCrti cfcat iu lie rour > e of the | i <«* iit »» t-k , leihti-Mltii to mmHwpop le at White C ^ uit ^ ion « - ; and that on ifee lollowwp Sutidaj , he n t . u'd tak- it * hbeny »« pwrai-birjt a si-rmon tin &ti » ii > pton- « m . m .. u , t > r hi tbe R ^ entVpatk , ol w-hid- , lowev « r due toric-e wouW be given . On the Inttt-r occasiou be tiusttd tbe Bi > hop cf London would lononr him with fci * presence , when his Lotri .-h'i . wony have an opuoittniiy of forming an ot . ' . niri : gs to » hf-brr tbe doctrines he sbnuld tlitD jrtacb ¦ were false or true .
Mr . SATa ^ asproid bcrioM togrtrer » roarv of tbf j f t-ph of L . Mir ' on for tlte piir ; -o . - of chet-rii p in Us onward ctiise that truly'Christian n >» i > tfi . the Rev . Mr . S'ep bens . ( Heer , -hear . ) Not wiVh leg to r . etafei ibein acv lunp »* r ,-hewonld at oiice iiopose for their ChHitrnan , that true yatriot and injepradrtii Eiffel mm . John 'Frost , Fsq . Mr . fKOSTon taking tbe c air would rqttrpspa «< on tbeir attentiou that eveuhig by dilaiii . g on -the merits ot that irifnd-of ju =-ti < -e . of ln-marstlj . sad of Christian fi elicp , reprrialVy us lry tut it * N * niblitiE ; in t-rcb vest nuaibtT < « , they gave an pi . testnwmy ' oi their anxiety to sympathise * ith that -gentleman in his preteit . persecution in thif Christiaii lniid . ( Lona cfceeis . ) Tte K < v . Mr . Stephens then asefntied tliepiat-• fcrm armc the entWiastic plaudits of the moltiiui'e .
¦ = whieV . coi-tiuned Utm me minute * . Alter tbe met tintr lmd mbsired iulo tsiknee , he « iid he rose st tbeir call tot to syeak-of Limself , but in advocacy -ef the c = ? nse which oogjit t « be dear toeiery phil 8 ntlm > yic acd dilution mind apd ferlinp b (« Tt . -Hecid nut tome thfre at their enlltoboaj't oiHspwji t-ufferii ^ s . olbi- ' o » nlB '«> purs , oi his own stcpfc . ors : in thecau > e of the cuffmng toor ; but to > yvvb to -them of tbe uSlicticns of their common country , sh order co their remedy . He was not there as son . r said be was tur the pcrpose ' . of enlisiing synij atltie . - or rtico ' . meii g lire ap ^ . larJ ^ e « f tbe j eopie oi Lvn donmbisown behili . ( Chen's . ) It it were , posblebe .-buuld never allow Lis own Beme to'be jneiitioi . ed iu cvnii «; tii-D with the catl ^ e -which hiadrotated ; but iuanmch as it was ntces > ary via H 9 frx . rtion or delicacy jhould be ppnred , he would mix
te cmurlled , more or le « -, unwilUcpiy to -m * o « Bi- * mewitlitb <> proreedngs winch it would be bits dtty to irfate . to them . Thisw « s mressar ^ . lera » i . ve without le' -eniiig tOK'n : epait el Lifown iistoiy . it would be iiirciDVariblelor ll 3 IU to glve a perlectlmwledgeio thtm « . f tbesLbject which the \ were iuet to di ? curf . A few Inctsv . lncb he waild Telate , ar . d the rematljs tberecn ibat Le would snake ¦ would , he hnped . make such an impression on then , as « ct , M .-. cc mi blithe etd Lf bad m view , t « e « iiiedtoljimtbJ . titwai « neeeysary for thr penile of tLi » great country to be up ai ^ d stiinug wbei &eirriHlilswereai « iled , and their liberties putiu jeopardy , by the coutroul and conniraiire of the iwo " fecu . j ; sBLotows . re in the state . ( Hear , hear . ) ^ rd be v as of fpition that the servi ces en eien sow ! man ought to be exerted to prevent Use n i
.--JoiUiiie which were ii . flicted on the c < mrccn « or .-try . atd wLich only could le pn-iented by their so « Xt-xiiiag tbenishes . For w 8 S it not inie ilsat tl ere ¦ was . iu tlie ir . osr oclimiied sense ot _ the v-crd . _ arult ^ jipy land ? f t . r has not our national r ^ htscu disappeared in tbe acc < mplisl rtent ot OLr secfarie-, and our patrioti .-m completely vBni > Led in the tivnlry ot parij luction ? He did r ot wish to beloj } . to nny piiitv . no matter how exieusiTe htcombination . He « ndersian < inp and Lis conscience dictates to km . it apieaitd that wery such man is a member ol tlat true chweb . ( Hear , acd very letid che < r « . )
IfLeLndMiylioiefor 1 is country « t all , it would te iLat the Church of Engiai-d is not gaii ir > g greend on iLe Diw ^ nteiP , or that tie Dissenter * were eaiDrg ground on the Church of England . It TOiild tue him no hope ; he would not espre » any tonfkence tl at tie Cht-rcJa of England or \ te Bi ^ ntew s-hould take that positicn which the ¦ R'Li gs now held . He was of no party , but the pany ol tl e people , which he considered to be the trne tci » Ece of politics . Let them ascertain that there « stme coitinon gruund on which they could meet , » itliont dissgr . < ment , and withcut disappointment , b < sritg iiimiml tu&t tkoreL- bu ! one ( Jod . lie Father ot us all , ard that iheytad but one commm cenntrv . in which , was born thi ir fathers , and wtere ttey ' allhoped to belaid in ene common erave . If he bad any hope for their con mon
country , it was that , ll he might beaiiowea to use me expression , there was a party in the country , embracing- in its numbers , its energy , its independence , and determination in the cause of liberty , the means of obtainir-g sncce .-s , which Di-longed tc eo pany at all . ( Hear , and cheers . ) The sutc indication of this was tully exprtssed by the atteiiddcce ef vast numbers a > sembled tx ^ ere that evening . How is it that ibis great meeting , combining in its manbers the hardy labourer , the ingenious mechaiiic , tlw indubtrions artizan , the respictable shopkeeper , and wealthy merchant , has been callen toatther , at a few houts notice , to hear delivered to them tLe { . rinciples , the immutable principles , oi eternal justice ? It is because that the mind of man , mrearped by prejudice , or tte trammels of i duration , is ever alive to sympathise in the misfortunes of hi * - leFlow creatures . Surelj it is not that they
come to see a monster—they cannot ccme to view a madman , or to behold a firebrand ? ( Lend langLter . ) Althoug h many are here who are come tostfe a siglt , and mnny aie come to Lear of subjects ciscjurstd ef in a mancer that was not evir ieard ol before in tl . e city of London , he held still that the cheer that lifted him to that bmch that Eight was proof sufficient that there is a large port ion oi the peop le who belorged to eo party at all . He had no wish to nsake tte Tories .-ore , the Whi g * surly , er the Radicals savage . He would tha : all who heard him that night would not lend thenisekes to party , but that , instead of worshipping tie idols of pnrty distinctions , come forward , by lending aiselp ijjg hand to the cause for -which he appeared , and thereby render pure homage to tie God of all consolation , ll it be asked why a man like myself ,
a Christian minister , had come forward on this subject , he wonld answer very shortly that the hope ¦ which , he had in this , of being able to give thim some explanetion on a subject for future m' -ditation , on this all important question was his excuse . A few years since , he was as ignorant of the state ol ibis country , or of the poor , as the most violent snd determined of their persecutors were . Seven years ago , he might have said as much againstthem as they Vrere saying against him , if they were pursuing the same conrse in the glorious and heart-solacirg cause in which he was engaged . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) Some few years , pursuant to the orders ol iis superiors , he was located in his ministry at Ashton-under-Lvne , as a preacher of the Wesleyan erf ed—and then ' he did not know that in all England there was a noor man , unless his poverty was
achieved through his own profligacy or his crime . ( Hear , hear . ) He had that thought—for he had leen trained to think so . He toot it for granted that any man in England who weuld work might earn ssifficiency to keep himself and his family in decency , respectability , and comfort , and also withal sufficient to bestow on his clergyman one penny per ¦ week , or one shilling per quarter , for his maintenance . ( Hear , hear . ) His firstastonishmentwa * at tie late hour at which the service for the evening commenced in tbe chapel—in all other places that Le knew , the service coaimenced at hair-past six o'clock , buthereit was lull half-past eight ; aHd , on occasions when the mills were emp loyed in working over-time , tie people were notlet out until half » pa > t 'nine o'clock . ( Shame , shame . ) He mnst say thai until he made inquiry te thought this late ,
attendance , for which he soundly rated his flock , proceeded iioaa want of a due spirit of religion , ard from not having a just sense of the impoitunce of the bwM duties which they were called on to perfonn ( Hear , hear . ) He then began to surmise that the system which enjoined this close attendance ol the people must be a priori a bad one —( hear , hear , and loud cheering)—and one which deserved to be reprehended . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 c was to me plain tuns that a system which enjoined the people to remain working from five or six o'clock in the morning to eight or nine at night , was one which ought not to be tolerated , and that no exeruons should b » spared on my part in order to abolish it . ( Chfere . ) Upon further and more minute enquiry , 1 found that this was not the worst of it ; for along with the close confinement in the factory for so long a . rime the nature of the work was such , that it brought the poor and helpless creatures , wh > were compelled to apply for the purpose of obtaining a bhameshame
livelihood , to disease and despair , ( , . J He found that no power of frame could save the inbo physical ability could pr « vent them from falling untimely viciiins to this hell-born and exterminating system . ( Cbeers . ) He also fonud that the wcrrn-n . who are bom to be their comfort , the adwere , the soLiceof man in bis dreary p ath of life—instead ol fceii g the handmaids of slavery , were as badly , il BOt worse circumstanced than the men . This they would not be surprised at when liey considered that women , whose frames -were of tbe nwot delicate and fragile constitution , had to submit to a weight of labour equal to that born by tbe athl . tic lrameP of fhe hardv sons of toil . ( Shame , shame . ) j thought thatcertainly no person profesoiug to toliow in the path of tbe Divine Founder of Christianity , could be the guilty perpetrator of ordinances which ceudemnrd their fellow creatures—men » ndowed with the same soul , and purchased with the same jure redemptioa 8 * themsjlres—to suffer the priva-
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iifns to \ vhich they were subject . ( Hear , heaV . ) 1 mulled that mne but wicked nitn . oi . iy those # b « al : ke > Tofjed at religiin and defied its ordinsorei- - , could be puilly of producing a Mate of things « birb would tend to render lelition disgraced , mid its ibJ'o «> rs contemned , if such were the only auits which it would piodt ; ce in the hearts of itf 1 owers . ( Henr , hear , Lear . ) After nmch painful exptiftijlatk-n \ viih mhh ? ol the ptople » ho attecdrd iuj-chafelfto no putywe—1 deMtied fr < in seelirg lo " itiLedy the evil in this shape , as 1 loucd tl ai nhie ot-t of un of ilx ? professing Chiifiianp « fro the " orst roi . 'lowKHs . ( Hear , feiaf . ) It teemed to ! iih tliat the . pr « fe > ing Ch ? ibtian had a ripht to lu ; inIli ^ e ever his lellow cw . tuie—that he rcmiji ' cmucVd for Ms ifchirr / snity by hyporritioally Lnt tdine to Jjerferm tbe < flices of religion—aud
that lor nery t er ; ny he besti wed on tl e allar o \ ( Jorf . he was frcensed to take twenty shillinps from tin ? blood end bones of the poor . { Immense cht-ering . ) And on viewing the question politically , !•« luund 1 lie liberal ^ niaiiularturer cr a-illowner was a csore (; raspug , gih . dinu , and bloodibirstv Tciscn pnt tbtn the Tory . fCcntinued ibebring . ) In contradiction lo a staffnient contained in a late ntxnbi-r of Blackuwd ' sNiigazine . he itinjt sbj-, that the greatest tmroics ihewhi'e . Lvo cf tl : is oiici- proud country lad , vere tlmee who . with mockip trilanihrcipy and bypccntical liVeraliiv , rou > ed thf nation fr < m end to -end to obtain fhe etianeipHtiiin ot their black brerb ? en dwelling in tL « i < lands of the W « st Indies , ^ 'bis he woula tn t KTuaik OH , Vfre U rot nece . ^ avy to say , in r » ir- ck nuo .-itioE to thf man in lHaelnoud ^ that so
I iff irom thn » menci patt rs ol the blacss now turning ihi-ir atlention to tl . e alleviation of tfce mi « iriegol tbeir lellow ccuutiymen , they weis tin ir bitteteM [ etsecutcrs . ( Hear , hear . ) Th . y Led now what wat . called n ' -Liberal Goveicment—cli ? ar , it arj—aye , 1 b . ral enough to tluniseives , but in every thirg else tit v were pns-es .-ed ot so much liberality , as would gi » e to tbe people the pnius and penalties , and take Horn theni tLo > e m-an * which Ibeir iard-earued it . r . ustry produced lor tbeir own sui port . ( Hear . ) \( s tliej wire literal , lor in the Mime paper thai iiOtires the . withdrawal , or the intention of witb-< irawal , of the constitution in Jamaica ; tl ey have a prorlanifitioii with the Qufen ' s cian . e treasoimbly *\ - \) tlxdeA to it , 5 iboli .-liiiit » lie < rtnsliiuticm in this cinutn—( kar , iear , sndlong'coiitir . ued grcans)—! cr the purpese of yrmntirg the « nariCTp 3 tion ol
he white slaves . Was thtre . c > ver a mere }> lninip inc . nMsteiwy than ll . o > e liberty-exejjws to abolish a-ConstiitiJicii ty prrclaniaiion to ni » ke white niei . daves ? ' ( Chrers . ) Hnvingin vain made his complaint to tfce millf'Wi : eis to remedy tl . e grievance . * towhich thtirwoilpecple wtre ( Xfosid ; he thuwmt to the title . tsi . d tV . tre fctud tbat to man it was commanded that hn sh < ald not oppress the poor , the widow , or the fatherless ; and ako found that thev were n < t to deprive ainan oi hi * time , his * wapey , cr his health . ( Cheers . ) He fot . r . d linn thi- the fiictorj system s as the most cursed that eier dad exktencp , snd ibat tlx . ^ e wl o i-ave it puppott , would be aDswerable for ifce ill-consequences wi . ich wou ! a remit Irons its cpernrion . < Htar , bear . ) He would bep to nmind Lis h > ai « s iLat it was not ute )> n t « tteal ; en that sul ject ttere . \\\ re it i ot
| .-r tl . e city ot Lonccii . thiy wtuld not hnve tbe iBctorj- s - \> f > -m to coijttrjd n ^ bhu-t , only Icr it the ; . liould ifi t hf . ve ttost- treffirkcrs in Wood . ( Hear . ! . ei : r ) JVlr . £ tej-. h . ns then rr . tide allusion to the kidnapping s > stein jr > . cti » ed by the facbry owners "no tie . pi-. ri .-h auilont e . « ol Lc-ndcn , with regard to ihe dispisal oi the t arish ch . ldfen , which . Le said was a ^ sti ui which was » arritd < n in aiery exter ; - .-ne .-cale n me time Vtclj . St many as OLe hundred « tre suit U gelhtr in Pickloid ' s'boats , by the csnal , cown to tl e n niiujitiutii g di .-tr : cts ; m d also a { ireat inai . y vtiil by ciacb , in all teaKiES ol tl ; e )> ar , ai . d at all htu ' s ol tLe d « j and loj ^ lit ; and in emenil were thore helpV .-s ltrjcreins po liitie pif pared le brave the stLitn ol slow vhkh they vtere called en to » nc < ULter , tlat ) n n-aiiy insianres it was known tl at if it were not for tin- charily ol tbe
Ia .-s « geis . thiy vould sufler death ! rem tie extrtiue larfship they eciuied . ( Shan e , shame . ) hut this was ol it « ell o rti mtmmt , when cLmpari'd with tie fcufleriugs they Lad to enGtre viheii Jhiiig ui der the rools of tbeir task-masters ; in many irsiacws they were whipped like opp . « , urd some ol ihe emplojeis tartied , for their en : userr . « nt , corp < real punisliment so far , as to use long sticks , to wLich wtre lasteced a swt of pin , with which thej pricked tbeir victims—tl' ud cries of '' fhi-inf . siarne , " )—and to add to tLis endurance , their diet was c ( rxipwed of the worst spt cies ol food , stch as wdiild be cenceived unfit lor the- legs , uiles > it were mixed with srmetbiLg more stibMattial , potatces and butteimilk being the crmnionest sort ol food which was ocministered to them;— ( Lear , hear)— and so cruel and persevering were their masters , that
when in tcme cases tlis- was lotnd to di ^ a ^ ree with ihem , it w « s Mill ^ ereiettd it —i , rid be l'eard fro m undoubted authority , that out' poor child , whose storn ; : eh repeatedly lejecte . d the jotattief 8 Ld tiuttermilk , wns forctd to ie-eat that which he had before thrown up . ( Lovd groans . ) They were , when ill , allowed to rtmain to , and die without medical assistance ; and so ^ reat was the mortality , ihat one factory lord was compelled to bury tl tm in different churchyard * , it bring found inconvenient to ovrTburthen onA or two with tbe remains ol thore pers < cutid innocents— ( bear , hetr)—and he ci . uld safely ray » Inm ccmpuiations which had been mnde , that within the last fifty yeais , no less tl . ari 200 . C 00 of the children of London parents , have been sold nnd slaughtered in this icanLer in tfce counties of York acd Lancaster . ( Great « roanii'L' . )
And wlere can reliel fur all tr . e niisi-ries which afflict the working men of England be accomplished ? It was not to bt- attained Jr < m yor . der hcu > e ; lor go from Whig to Tory , frcm one « ee to the other , and they would find cause to be more deep ]} inmeised in tl-e Slough of Despond . ( Cl : ecrii > g . ; No hope scarcely rtmained for ihe people of this country—for ws . s it not beyond doubt , that he who ascistt-d in cariviiig out these persecutions against the people , was ' surc to be Micctsslul ; while L « who had in him so much of tbe milk of human kindness as cimpelUd him to take up the cause of suffering humanity , was icel with _ tbe scorn , and the contumely of the world ; and if he expected to persevere in his holy cause , he mutt also expect to meet persecution , ev « n to the death ; lor such vas the insatiable leelirg cf vindictiveness exhibited by thete living lies en human nature , thit
no expense was spatec—to tyranny avoided , that might help them to hutt down their victim . ( Shame , shame . ) He ionnd that this system of opprestiug the poor , the widow , ahd tie orphan , was not confined to one particular district—it was a plague-spot that , inftsted the breadth and length of the land ; it reared its head in the West and in the Easl ; it was diminant in the South as well as in the North . ( Htar , hear . ) Being ' ately in VVorcestershire , he was induced to make some inquiri * s as to the way in which people were paid , and how were respected the rights ot labonr in that county . He asked srroe of bis friends , and he received from tfeem replies which would lead him to thiuk that the people there at least , were comfortably off . ( Hear . ; However , not being satis-fied with this , he wns deterrnined to imsh bis inquiry further , and have the testimony ol
the people themselves in favour of this state ot sublunary comfort . For this purpose , he made inquiry ; and , instead of the people having hip , h wages and lig ht work , that they had much work , and , in many instances , no wages at all . ( Hear , hear . ) One little girl whom be questioned , told him that she was only learning her trade , which was that of nail-making ; tLat she had no wages , and that she was compelled to work frem six o ' clock in the morning until eleven at night , and on Fridays all night . witKout rest or refreshment . ( Shame , shame . ) This he lcund , from further inquiries , was generally the case ; and ' that here / from fxtreme youth to helpless old age , all were ground to hard labour in order to obtain existence . When this fatherless little girl , ani- . othtrs like her , had attained a sufficient knowledge of the business to fit them for
employment , they obtained the—what did they think ' : the miserable sum of one shilling and sixpence per week ! ( Shame , shame . ) When he remoDsttated with his friends on these hardthips , they did not believe this ; they asserted it was all a chimera —it was mt re story-telling ; but to ccnvince them he brought them through theplace , aud thep they had plenty of proo ' s ot the truth ot his statement * . They found old w < men of sixty and seventy years compelled to woik at nail makiug and chain making , and only receiving fr ( m Is . 6 d . to 3 s . per week . ( Hear , hear . ) In one instance th . y found the mother of a fine family of . children in the most dreadt ' ul ageny ; her eldest child being nearly burnt to death , wLile she had to absent herself in some employment to enable her to contribute to the snpnnrr of the wretched famiW : her husband havibe
been one of five brother ? , four of whom were killed in the coal-pits of the neighbourhood . ( Hear . ) No part of the country—no occupation in this once happy land is free from the consequences of this spirit of over labour , and of ill requited endurance . No matter how much was said in laudation of the forced prosperity of the country—of its unrivalled manufactutes—and of its tlorioca position in the scale of nations ; these things were purchased at a rate infinitely too dear , when they cost the people such treasures of wealth , oi toil , and of life lo be desirable . ( Hear , hear . ) Whi-n he first bi-gan tbe Keitaf . on of the factory que ^ ion , he told the people w hat little tbev had to expect from yonder Honse .
and that if they expected to succeed in tbeir eflcrt > they must trust to themselves alone . He said t ) en what he said now that they never should relax their endeavours until they would produce such a state ol tbingsas would give them a lair day * wages fora l » ir day ' s work . ( Cheers . ) That is that a num work b « rd tor eight Lours , and it he did so , he ( hh . Stephens ) took it that he bad done as mnch as the beneficent Creator of the world ever intendi o te should do . ( Hear and great cheering . ) In aneni r to a person in the crowd , Mr . Mepbenssaid that he did not know bow mueb a good day ' s work shoi Id bring ; but this he knew , it ought not to go down less than 10 s . per day , according to the present cir
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cumctflnces -of the couniry . ( G reat-cheering . ) Hi vrasglhdtbu question wae put , andhe hoptd the men of iKfladoii vu . uld notlet it sleep , uul niitKt ei . quiTHS of Lord John Russell or the \ V hip Pci'tIaw Comniisrioni-rs on the subject j it is probable that the ) maybe zbleto giv « a cVfimte . au-! . we 7 . Indeed , he ( Mr . Stephens ) knew an A ? sifta&tPoor Lew CoiLmissiotcer , who h&dusmucbas rsae guinea a-day lor his tra \ elhng fxpnisi-s , Lui who , in his kindness for his feJow-man , was oi opinion that 7 s . per wvek wns Hifnci' -ut for the maintenance of nnj kifcouring mass . ( Gr- nt groasiing . ) In tlie coiunwicerrJCM ol bis tidcirw , halluded to the wnBt of syropai&y of the people ' .-repieseniBtives in the Houw ? of Commons , and tlat all their ¦ deliberations were directed to ipnrty -. triin . ilm fur tlte TinK ^ fcsiiin « f rfVice . Hu would
row ask them what was tue real state -of that House frcm iFebruary to tl . is time ! NipSit alter night they goon discussing all the pos ^ e topics that the mind of man cantmbrace , but the one which tbey'Gught to discuss-s . ( Hear , h « rtr . ) Tbe peoj-lf—themillicns—are left to sutler without so much as one voice being raised to procuie for thi m » n Bmelioralion of the privatiocswhiclitbey endure . Not one . There may be many in it wfeo wish them well ; batnotoce whoiias the patriotism io stand up : md < demand for tliim the restouatirnof tluir rights—their privileges , or their prerogative .- —for they isaw their pn relatives as wt li sw tboir Ciown . ( Hear . ) The first excuse of which would be tliat il tbeywere really represented , their representatives should on Monday night rise up and impeach the man who advised the Queen to tigu that treasonnMe
pruolamatien , and'before he sat down call lor the refi ui of that act C ( mmonly called the Trninii-g aud Drilling Act . ( Immense cheericg . ) Have not tl > e people of tl . ie free cot-ntiy as ocuch right to be trained and drilled as the London police f ( Hear . ) If it is necessary that the j-eaci-Unicer should lenm iA \ aboHt '" ripbt about lace" as 1 e marches in line down PalaceYard , underihecoiamando'liscfficer . ? o is it nece 3 S 6 ry that the ¦ pfi-ple should be exercised in thecteof mm ? , lor < hey have also property to . prctetl—they have tLeir wiws and cbilciim to look tc . ( He » F , * hear . ) If it is sor . emsnry that they should , as he ^ Mr . Steplens ) was villing to suppose it was—lorihey might find it tobenicfssary seme of these days , be truim d and drilled , and to marcb and " stor . d at ease , " how n . uch more whs it nec ( ssuty that the yetple siu . uld ako know tl ) t ' .-e thi ) gs .
He would not advise atvmnu to do so ; but il he had a seat in that House , he should bring in a Bill to repeal that refaricus Acton Monday night , and in bringing it in , he should say the Government had no right tobringit into operation . He would say that tfiere were such thii gs as common law , common justice , and common -rights ; and that the people i > houW march right onward , teU rrnined to be tree , and retLer die than'be slave . " . ( TrtmenOf . us cheering . ) lie did not cam what form of Government was'had in a state ; no matter whether Kiig , Lords , and Common :- —no inatter democracy—no matter if absolutism pnvailed , it the principle and practice were such as lhnt the hbprties ana happiness of the . people weie i . eoured . ( Hear , Lear . ) But he would contend thai in all there must be some principle iu existence wLich should secure tbe
people ' s rights , if there be any ar . thoriiy in Bacon , frUlacisiote , or Pufl ' endoift . He was cot s-pe'Siking ot the duties imposed by tLe Ihvs of ccnimt n sense , but tLcse wl . ich « ere .-rnclioued by common law . ILg Legislature Las only the same power as i «< Wf paled by a will loa trustee ; all their Mctiorjs , all tl eir measures , must be in accordance with the witLes ai : d the * i ) i ; ts ol those by vrhem they are depulecL If llieti- be a Tory present , who thought that be ( tl-e speaker ) was ta k , ng oi ktitudiiiRrian jpriiiciples , he would refer him ' lo Blackstone's CuurEtr . laries , where Le would fino tbiit these were the l » id down df fnias ol the rights ol the people . ( Heir , hear . ) Loid Eldonsaidbelorp his death that ParliiimtEt had no right to pass ihe Poor Law Amendment Bill—that the Constitution had not dcleaeted any power to naes it , nnd that tie
only one wjiy ( o settle it was that the Crovu shoiild send out writs for the as-embliiig ot a Nntir-ni : ] Coi-. venticn . And if his Tory lritnd wculd allow him , he would give him a further authority in Lord Abirger . a rean wlom all parties might agree with . He said that the three great puwtrs in the State * ere ctmpostd ol first—the people ; second , tie Constitotiin , and lastly , Ihe law . ( Hear , hear . ) The law being only « n emanation ( rum the others , must always take tl . e htet place . ( He « r . ) Ai . d Lccke says thnt the legislature cannotttansler the povFf-roln
wotild be sceB thnt they have no power oier hirosell or them ; aud instead ol being part of the hnglisli Ccmtitiii i . Ty they are iJowi . njibt tn-ason againi-t it . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) He thought Use coming out o : those detestable poor laws would r < kindle a fire in every man's heart , cud rise up every man ' s arm against tfctm , and rather than encure tl . em they should sutltr a thousand dtaths . ( Treniendoii > cheeriu ( j . ) Ttis morning , going through tbe splendid grounds ol Keiis-iigtt n , udniiring it * beaulitul verdute , its splendid trues , its maguifici nt ouks . and its retiiitiary sbrubs , the breath ol heaven fanning lightly over evtry face , the i-wei-t tougued chori .-ters warbling lorth iheir morning spup , thus he found what whs nit ant in the Biblt ^ by the . passnge '' he breathtd into them the breatli o ! life , '' for there was tlv ircprtssicn of the dutj made lfliinife .-t in all his works . Did lie envy tin { jBygt-ssor ol this ? No , but he could not hvlp exclaiming , l . ere is all thai man can dejire ; here is all that c : iu mitke man conn-ijted and hnppy—but within some few yards ,
through Urn lulluunce ol bad laws wickedly administered by tbeeatrapsoi Srnieriet House , were millions ol his countrymen destined to cic iu misery . ( Hear and ch < ers . ) Working men of Erglaiu , " why did they ev < n hLow themselvi s to be so called ; all were equal in tl . e eye ol the Almifjlny . He ( Mr . Stephens ) wks no leveller , but he thought : that it tuHeriug was the lot of one , it was the lot ot all . ( Hear , hir . r ) He woulc say that the persons who wtru strivir g to goad the people by vvickt d laws were tLe grentest levellers . Lord John Rursell and the theji Poor Law Ciimmisfjpni'rs were tbt : greatest kvdlets in the country . ( Hear , tear . ) It was cleurly before him tliat the time of anarchy and contusion , and levelling is not ! ar distant . The signs ot the limes predict that very soon tie tyrants will slip the leash ai . d cry havoc ; and when it does come , who shall answer for the re-« uits ? It will then be ciixcverc-d w lien too late that its consequences mi ^ ht have been avoided by only paying propt r attention to tbe prayers ol an outraged people . ( Great cheering . ) { To be continued in our ne . rt . )
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TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Gents ., —Since iry arrival in Lec ^ s , I find the eni > niiesof Di-mcxracy tlaied vwih the hope iltnt the Chiirtist uiovrmenl will end in a complete failure ; and the fcundatiin ol thtir hope is , the otjj >< Bition evinced towards nin liy the moral-I ' urce men , in and out ol Ci . nvei . tion . It is stated thnt 1 have bten recalkd in consequeiice of my advocary of phjnical-lorte doctrinca . Now . 1 bi g to state ibut 1 luivt > no ( b ^ vn tttuiUd , but I have RtSIGN £ D my Beat in thu Convention , an will be « oh by reference to the Ruli-s-those KuleHex jlicitly doclare , "That if the constituents of any cf > li : gute letl Oiuaatibtied with Vis conduct , they must drriile on the course to be adopted towards him AT A ruilUC MELTING , SIMILARLY CONVENED AS THE ONE AT WHICH HE WAS EI . LCTfcD . Ihe notice ol which rmeting shall DtCLAHE its oujtcr , AND A COPV BE FORWARDED TO THE DELICATE . IN TIME TO ALLOW HIM TO ATTEND . "
It is well known that no such meeting ua « been convened no notice has been given of finch a . iueeling— neither hare lbeen rfquoted tn altend » n > for tucli ijurpoe . 1 f is tf ife , I received a letter on Thursday lust , containing a rcKiilutiim upmi lo at Willhridpe , whtrein it stated that my RESIGNATION was accepted , J hating preciousl y tenderedit inCuncentitiii . The Convention cunld nut receive thu cuiniiiunicaiiun , us it nil ) emanattd Irom o ni"f ting held in a public-house , s-nd theref < re lie sutject was left entirely to myself , and , without hesitation , 1 resigns il mj cilice as dclt'giite , leaving it to the proposed meeting < m Peep Ureen to accept the same . 1 shall not inllurnce them by my presence on that day . Wiih respect to my conduct in Convention , lhat is before the public , and there it must remain , an 1 sen no cause to regret the course 1 pursued . A duty to tny enslaved country , and to mjneir as a aufi ' cring working man , induced me to be plain , pointed , and lionent— to expose cral ' t , » nd to know nothing but our principles while nitiing in Convention .
1 beg to say that my opinions were not asked prior to my bfing elfcted tneithei vt $ s 1 aaVerl to he put in noniination , i but , had 1 been questioned , the men assembled on 1 ' tup Green should have known that 1 am opposed to moral-lore !; humlug , and am an advocate for the application of physical lorce when tke people are prepared—and thank God they are preparing in earnest . ' 1 shall now rest on my oars until Ihe decisive slrupgle shall commence , then I will join the rauks of my oppressed countnmen , along with those honest men , Kcaigus O'Connor George Julian Harney . Richard Marsden , Charles Neeuoni ' < tc . &e . But where will the moralising tricksters be on that day ? Time will answer the quvry . and time will also bIiow that 1 have acted consistentl y , honeml y , and properly At present , I will not enter further into the matter , as 1 have no inclination lo de » l in w .. rds I shall leave the talkers to indulge in their . fault-finding propimsiti ^ , au 3 urin tten , that 1 will not notice their cinsuns alias praise » . 1 will | ellVe thfimoral . force jnento gull the p ople . ( i f they can ) and I VS . ? . ! - Xhc nal 1 ™< X ""» 'o PHEf AKK Fife Tali COMING ill H T — m *^* ^ r % ^ 41 A £ A ^ \ &
^ Yours truly , WILLIAM RIDER . 6 " , Lemon-street , Leeds , May 8 th , 1639 . P . S . Democrats of England , —I am sick of empty wordsnow is the time lor actim ; and , aa a careful observer of the present movement , let me entreat yi u to act with bolrjnttiii and delermiBaiiun . Do not allow jour servants to Irilli away jour time » nd your money , but compel them to press inward . Support the Delegates I have above named , and success i » certain—neglect ' 0 support them , ar . d the cunse is lout . U « member , all eyes are upon you , and on yon dep ' iidd the ireedom of all the enslaved nations of thu earth . Let u > ¦ ibtain the vietory over dckpotinui . and , in nine daya . ill-fitted Poland will be Iree , and every oi her people will speedily shake S their chains . Let your motto be LIBERTY OR DEATH !
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POLITICAL CGMMOilOM IJN WaLES . XFrom ( he S / treirsbury Niws . J BuriBg the wett , a gonrj deal of excrement bar hera occaPiontd in thi * district , by a t-quubule between some ot tbe Llanidlm-s weavers and snm < half dozen conrtablts . In all n-mote counrry plact > any incident that onuses the eiig hiest t-iftujitioii , i hi semi- > oinnaleut routine of every day litf , is ri'jW "'" with the utmost awe and umasH iueiit—the Miiallesi trifle is aggravated to . a decree of momentous importance , and people gland H ^ haM at the tnt-re meution of an affair that ene would harldy take the trout Itof listening to elstwhfre . This wa * ludii-rou .-ly illustrated on Tuesday , Widnehday , and Thurcdaj . An affray tock place " at Llanioloes on Monday , in which some excts . ses were ccnimitted by a portion ol the mab , and on the following three days a heliel
was pretty strongly entertained , from tbe town ju * r mentioned to Shrewsbury , that the populace were about to rise e « ? iiasse , atid carry bloodshed ano dtvaitatir . n throughout the entire princi pality at least . The more timid members of the community calculated on witnessing a Cambrian vert-ion of tbt-Eeign of Terror , in wbU-h Messrs . Hetheringroi ) , Powell , Jones , and other members of the National Convention were to figure as the Marat , Damon , Robespierre , arid Foucbe of the scene . Thefe apprehenhiona tvere further strengthen * d by the Ca * - sandra'ofthe Journal , who on Wednesday morning lugubriously troaked forth her wailings after a lashion ealeulattd to strike consternation into the heartu of the 'Other old women who put faith iu her anile gossiping . She told lhat limited segment of the
public , of whom fhe had got the ear , that the Chartist E « volutionists at Llanidloes had for eome week * beta arming themselves in puTf-uanee of the advice of the villains who are their leaders , and thar when the last advices te t , the town was in the pa-session of the rebels—all its inhabitants and property nr their dispoi-al—the former lo le rnurderwi and the latter coufircated . llu-n we had nil manner of rumours about exprestes to Lord Clive ; and his Lordship , who is . jiwt the man to cut a prodig ious figure when a tem } . e > t rages ir a slop basin , was complimenttd for all the activity , zeal , couragt-, piud « -cce , and what not , which he uii ^ hr , cculd , would , should , or ought to display oti tbe occasion . Avd all these qualities he did display after the usual itu-hiun . He arrived at the scene of action when the row had
subsided , and nothing remaining for him to do , he determined on doing nothing . Intelligence bi ijiy pretty extensively cirrnlnted on Wednesday attrt Thursday , that little danger of a relH ' tved ouibreak was to'be opprebended , Iranquilli'y in the . public mind was rnpiuly restored , though the excitenjeiir w ns attempted to be revived by tbe ( / troniclc of yesterday , which in its exapgfrationii of actual occurrences , if pi's .-iblc , excecd ( d its foolish con tempi rary . The t lirmiicte perHbfH in chargii g iVlesMM . Powell , Jones , aud others with inciting the populace to armed vii Ii-iicp , inclucirjg rnassaire and plunder ; and rhapsodizes in a mniim * r utterly inconceivable in any person wf o has escaped his fir ? t cl iK hood nnd not lallen into his second . Now we trrjst we are as siiiceic IViendri to Inv nnd
order bs our nenslibours We hnve no parti » = ity for Chartists , even witl outtheirpikt's nnd guns . But our antipathy to Chaitis-m shall not lend u > into a sacrifice ot truth , for the sake of shewing our r « - pugnaiiMi tococirincs we do not haj- P ' ti to approve ol . Our means of knowing the opinions , or at all events , tlie xpressed sentiments ol the Cliarlii-t leaders in North Walts , are quite as extensive , to say the least , as those of any oiher Journalist , hidud , the speeches of most of the .-e people have apieirrtd in unr coIuibi s , and we must say tl . at no such thing as an appeal to arms is an \ where advised . Thnt some mischievcus cr mistaken zvsilois hnve
resorted to physical violence , is too true ; but surely the way to c- unteract these evils is not by putting the public on a false scent as to the cause of them , and indulging in vague and rliodoiMuitadiny generalities , which may mean anything or nothing , just as one is deposed to interpret thi m . So far Irom true U it as to Mr . Powell ( the special bugaboo ol thu ( hnvicle ) bt h , % an approver of violei . ee . that we have it from nn eye-whnesB ol tbe whole fray at Llnnidloes , he was mainly instrnmental in calming the disturbance , and his efforts to bring the business to a peaceable termination was suspended only by utter exhaustion .
We here give what we have every reason to believe is a faithful unvarnished account of the unfortunate transaction , divested of the lucid colourkg-with which the- other two Shrewsbury papers have surrounded their nan-aches . It will be seen that the conduct of > orne ol the populace was reprehensiblein the extreme , and we trust their punishment will he proportioned to the magnitude of the offence . We cannot , howevi r , but condi nin tbe silly temerity ot tlie authorities in attempting lo brave at ; anneu nnd excited aob with a constabulary force- scarcel y more than sLtTtickmt t <> quell an ordinary street brawl . They must , have deemed the pnpulnce either more or less than mf n to have resisted the temptation to riot held out by the preposterously disproportioned numbers brought Hgait . st them . " Well roiaht the
civic Solons exclaim with Atacbeth— "the attempt , aud not the deed , confounds us ! " Then , a *; ain , as il to render thf prcservatiou of peace in xt thing to an impossibility , they were led to action by Catcbpolt-Blinkhorn , wbo is violently obnoxious throughout trie entirs county of Mon gomery , and who unhappily experienced the extent ol his unpopularity almost to the endaiigerraent ol his life . We inny here meution that we are authorised to contradict the assertion that the mob ransacked t > e cellars of the Trewythen Arms , and insulted the I ' emiiles . There is no ttuth in either stare merit ; nor is there in ti at which represented one ot the constables being hid in the cellar . If he had b ^ en there , he could not hnve escaped detection by the
mob—if they had bi-en there a so . Tlie outbreak has been exclusively confined to a very few ol the most nat-dy and reek less of the lower orders . A great deal of loss has been made , with a view to foster the belief tbiit a spirit of revolt prevails among the people , who are represented in a state of organized brigandage . Nothing can be lnrther from the truth . A moie loyal or peaceably disposed tet of men than the working class s of Llanidloes , Newtown , and the neighbourhood , do not exist ; aud none who deprecnt * the la ! e outrages more , and fjr the best of all possible reasens , because none have so great a stake in ibe maintenance ot tranquillity , which is essential to trade , upon which their very existence depends . —The loilowmg is
PROM AN EYE WITNESS AT LLANIDLOES . On Tuesday last a riot took place he re of a very serious character , caused by an attempt to apprehend ten persons for taking , it is supposed , guns , beef , and oilier food Irom various farmers in the neighbourhood . Sonv > of the parlies lent the arms willingly , but other .-did so under frar of violence ; the latter complained to tbe Magistrates and the issue of warrants against several who were well known was the consequence . The- Magistrates , knowing the inefficiency ot their owi ) oflieers , solicited tho assistance of policemen from London , two of whom were sent down , who , with one from Shrewsbury , one from Welchpi-ol , and four from New town , arrived in this town late on Monday night . The Magistrates in the mean time had sworn in many special constables , not men belonging to this town , but from a
neighbouring village , Llangerri g , telling these men that thur services were wanted for the purpose ot assisting to make an equal distribution of a Quantity of grain about to be distributed to the poor , as the men of this place were likely to take too great a share unless they lent thvir aid . On the Tuesday morning , this force being arrayed in front of the Trewythen Arras , proceeded to execute their order by seizin ? three persons who were pointed out to them in the crowd which had assembled . One of the individuals had a spade on his shoulder proceeding to his work . Four of tbe crowd here interfered , but the London policemen used , without a word ol explanation , their staves so dextewusk that th .-captured were takfn inside of the inn and handcu lied . Each mau went home for the best weapon he could get ; others tore down the iron palisading of the 1 own Hull , and again made their appearance before the inn , loudl y demanding the release of the men . Ihe police rushed upon the crowd , who rp .
o-ived them so steadily that the assailants were astonished , and before their surprise was well over , each man of them was either measuring hi » length on the ground , or escaping , some into the tawrn , and othrrs running pursued by the mob . The notorious Blmkhorn was overtaken , and so ronel . lv treated that it is snid his life was despaired of . Those who went into the inn were also pursued ; t '» e doow inslar-tly broken , nnd their lives would have fallen a sacrifice , if several who hnd influence with the mob , and who took no part in the fray had not rescued them , and afterwards hid them , from the populace , fhe special constaDles did not strike a blow , some in consequence of finding how they had been cheated . Some instantl y threw down their staves , and ran away home , whilst others turned round , and joined the populace . Then commenced tbe work of destruction . Every door and window of the inn in front and behind were smashed to atoms , and thnso which could not lie reached from withonr , wi rn
broken from the inside . The women during tht whole fray being most active in inciting the men b y their cries , and carrying them stones . The leaders of the Political Union were most active in savinv the lives of the officers , for several would have been killed if they had not interfered , The policeman from Poole war badly hurt , likewise Bliukhorn , from Newtown . The others escaped with but alight brnixes . The whole of the officers escaped withour further violencp , some being carried through the r . w ) b in open day by the Unionists , and others beint ? led at night , when ill was quiet . It was thought by most of the tradesmen , that if they tad bi > en consulted , and the nalur .- of the warrants properly explained to the populace , no opposition would ' have been offered ; but the mistaken zealot our magi *
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mitt-s has aroused sucti a sp irit ot < : eh » nce . that .. ven mil . ttirv torce will liotiiuittK . I" ti e tourse i t » er d * v , nianv rumours « eie afloat as to the intent o th ; mob . " It wastully expected that . Ml attempt would be iuad « dLriiig tl . e Mtflit up > u tut ) C > ier !« w .-WorK house . This was soon verified by a meeting being culls i , to be held at Liitu iiiinu uint-veiiimf . ll . e officers uf the Political Utnou in .-tantly called » counter Hireling in the town , and at last persuaded the feept- of the lolly of de .-troyiiig property , or Hiking vengeance on privatn individuals . The meeting then j -efiarattd q-iietly , and when , we U-tt , wt- saw the Mayor of the to ' wn walking alone , wittiout interroutiun , backwards and lorwards in the stnet . Duiiiig the uight several pi-t' : l * aud guns were let The
oil' by a few per-ons who were quite tipsy . ui-tuls were taken Irom the police , as also wen- their staves , and shewn a . < tr . p hies ot war . At Ne * - fiwi ., oh Tuesday evening , all wns quiet—no sgus ol any not . A meeting ot the Union was h <; d to explain what took place at LLumdloes . On Wednesday wording the cavalry were ordered to be in wadinttB . WuUbpool , on Wednesday , wns in n dreadlul stale of excinmint-s . me ol the most zealous w .-re actually irantic . The cavalry f . t-re were also ordered to be iu readiness . Lord Cliv .-, tbe Lord Lieutenant , arrived on Thursday atternoou , WHS clotted with the- Clerk of the IVace till late , and then returned to Shrewsbury . The cavalry were ordered to assemble iu tht morning , Friday , two o ' clock ; several are cow paratliLg the streets in their regimentals . Newtown . —Every intriguing attempt to prevent thy MontKomemhire Assizes being heli in this
lown has tailed , k-r the m-xt assizes » te tiow fixed to beheld hern . Should the few lui .-guided men ar Llanidloes , who have been guilty of peculation and nssauits . betaken , they » ill be tried nt Newtown . lw inhabitants have be < n slandered ; bnt to their credit be it spoken , thai , thofgh satinch Rrlormers , arsd though regular meeiings by ihn Uni'uis , to discuss poli'ital questions , have long been establij-hed , yet nor , a single iugrt'Siitw on pmpfriy has bi en coinmittod . That Government havu now dt > tetmitied to suppress all illegal violence is certain , for the regulars ate tow on thi-ir march to Llnnidkes , io take up plunderer " . The impudence cl one ot these lellows induced him to carry off bacon from a respectable dialer ' s house , and , en retiring with this plunder , to order the s . rvant to letch her mistress ( themasttr being Irom home ) down stairs to shut the door alter him . It is understood that heavy ordnance will be in Llanidloes in the course of next week .
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ARREST OE MR . VINCENT . On Wednesday morning , at one o ' clock , the arrtst of Mr . Vincent was effected by the chiel constable of Tredegar , near Newport , assisted by come of the metropolitan police , in his ( Mr . Vin * - eent ' t >) house . The warrant was signed by Mr . Philips , Jun ., Mayer of Ntwpurt , and also by two Justices of thu Peace of that town . At two o ' clock at noon of the same day , Mr . O'Connor sent lor Mr . Richard Cobbett , to accompany him and Mr . Fl * o 8 t to procure an order to see Mr . Vincent . Those three gentlemen first made application to the Inspector of Police , at Bow-street , and were b y him , referred to the Magistrates , to whom they went , and with whom the following conversation took place : — Mr . Cobbett . —Sir , I wish to see M r . Vincent . Mr . Twyford , Magistrate . —Sir , we have no power ; he is now in the custod y of the county officer , and we cannot interfere .
_ Mr . Cobbett . —Can you give me any information , as his professional adviser , how I may see him as he may require professional aid . ' Magistrate . —No , certainl y not j the Magistrates below have issued the warrant ; you must apply to the Secretary of State ; we have , only as "Neighbours to take care he shan ' t starve , to give htm a little cold wttvr if he nquires it . " This humane sentence was pronounced with a hellish grin of eonu'dett powtr , ' < backed U a little brief authority . " _ Mr . Roebuck , at the same time , made application , and was also referred to the Secretary ol State . The three gentlemen again went tJtbe inspector , when ,
Mr . O'Connor observed , upon the lnspectorV refusal , —Then the fact is , one man comes up here and arreste the prisoner , goes off about his business , and leaves Mr . Vincent in tha custody of no- one . Do you call that law , or have you any uuthoritv for it ? Mr . O'Connor then proposed to go to the Secretary of State , hut learniuu that Mr . Roebuck had already gone , gave uu the notion .
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itie three gentlemen hnd to force ihtir way tbrouj- 'h a dense mass of far , well-dresveo , iinportantlooking bludgeon men , not anxious to give information , or even a passage , if it could be refustd , well Knowing that their business is to do tbe work of rhe tyrants , and not tbe duty for which they are pairt . Immediately after the arrest of Mr . "Vincent , that amiable man and just magistrate , Mr . trout , repaired to the dungeon of the captive , and wan refu .-ed admittance , and upon what ground will the reader thiuk . Why because it wan especiall y enjoinrd in the order to the chief constable , that Mr . Frost sfwuld not sec the jirtsoiter vfter his arrest ! I Mr . Roebuck had an interview with Lord John
Rus .-ell , when the Noble Secretary mtorrned him that hi could not give an order to see Mr . Vincent , a < he was in the hands of the Nev / port Magistrates , So much for non-interference , when it suits a purpose .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday , Hay 7 . Lord MELBOURNE announced Hint be and his colleacn ™ Ua < i tendered their icaigimtiuim to her > h . j' 8 ly ; tW h » r Mi'jejty had ucc « ptcu their rtaiKiiationa ; and thsit Iliev held th' -ir Uhn-s only until their iiucciwsora were appointed . The Bishops' Residences Bill went through Committeeand alter the presentation of various petitions , ihe Hou-A utfjuurned till Friday .
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-B 5 &D— " ADDRESS OP 'ElSE CONVENTION TO THE PEOPLE OP G 5 EAT BRITAIN . Fellow Countrymen , — "When you elfcted in to take charge of the National Petition , you limited our trust to the exercise of functions truly Constitutional and legal ; beyend the bounds of that trust we cannot step , without betraying you and prejudicing our cause . It is therefore , our first duly , consistent with our present instructions , both tu obey the law ourselves , and to assist you in maintaining it . If we continue to obey the law , no power on earth can prevent our succi-sn . If we once violate the law , or countenance a violation of ic , our cause must be inevitably ruined . Aware of our
position , yoor oppressors are moving heaven and earth to bring nn into collision with the enemy , They are pouring spies and traitors into your ranks , in order to seduce the unwary into illegal practices . They then pounce upon their victims : nd , by brutal and unconstitutional treatment , seek to exasperate the people to madness and rebellion . They have alread y succeeded in fomenting disturbances ib Wales , and they have seduced a few incautious individuals in Lancashire to practice training and drilling , in contravention of the Six Acts . B y these and the Jike perfidious agencies they hope to excite a premature insurrection , of which
they might take advantage to dissolve tbe Convention , to put down all public meetings for the Charter , and to abolish the surviving constitutional rights and gafe-guanis through which alone we can lio ,-. e to obtain the salvation of the country without anarchy and bloodshed . Not content with these machinations the tyrants are also seeking to arm the rich against the poor under pretence of protecting life and property , of which the tyrants themselves are the only destroyers . Yen , countrymen , they are actuall y encouraging a project of arming the enemies of the country at the expense of the State , whilst at the same time they are hunting out
pretexts ( having the semblance of legality ) for dispossessing the Chartists of their ri ghtful arms . U the public press tell us trul y the Ministers just resigned ha \ e been base enough to engage to furnish 200 aristocrats in Monmouthshire with arms paid for ¦ out of the taxes . Here , fellowcountrymen , is an openly-avowed scheme which , if we suffer to be carried into execution , rmwt crusb for ever your rising hopes and liberties . What course , then , do we advise ? Our advice iV , that you rigidly obey the law ; but at tht ? same time be prepared to make your oppressor * likewise obey it . Be upon your guard against spies or madmen , who would urge you to illegal practiced .
but at the same time bear in mind that you have the Hame ri ght to arm that your enemies have , aiiii that if you abandon that right your liberties are gone for ever . Be prudent a ; -. d cautious , but at tht same time firm and unflinching . Parade not voji arms at public meetings , but keep them bright and ready at home , so as to be ready at all times and all seasons to defend your Queen , your country , and your liberty . Give your oppressors no exesse for invading your inviolable ri ^ ht to meet and discuss your grievances by needlessly carrying arms to public-places , but at the same time fail Dot to be prepared with these arms to resist any and every unconstitutional attempt to suppress your peaceahU agitation bv physical violence . "
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This day is Published , No . 1 ., to be continued Fortnightly , PRICE THBEE-HALF-PBNCE , OF A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE T-IFE , CHARACTER , MIRACLES , AND JU RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST , in a Series of Letters to Dr . Adam Clarke , by John Clakke , late of the Methoilift Uounexion . Second Edition . Leeds : Printed fey J . Hohson , 5 , Market-atreet , Bnggate ; Sold by A . Hey wood , ( 50 , Oldhamstreet , Manchester ; J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleetstreet , London ; and all Booksulleri .
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YESTERDAY'S WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Our arrivals this week are moderate of all kinds ol Grain . Thu Wheat trade is very firm , and we had a fair extent of business doing ) last weeks prices were freely given , and in some instances rather exceeded . Barley is steady in price , but the demand is only limited . Oats are id . per stone , and Shelling Is . per load dearer . Beans without variation in value . Other articles as last stated .
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Leeds : —Printed for the Proprietor , Feakquj O'Connor , Esq ., of Hammersmith , Counh Middlesex , by Joshua Hobson , at his Printing Offices , N& 5 . 12 and 13 , Mnrke Street , Briggate ; and Published by tin Baid Joshua Hobson , ( for the said Feabou O'Connob , ) at Mb Dwelling-house , No . 6 Mnrket-street , Bri * gate ; an internalCommuni cation exiting between the Baid No . 6 Market Street , and tho said Nos . 12 , aud IV Market Street , Briggate ; thn » constituting rfc whole of the said Printing nd Publishii Office one PromiseBi All Communications rmiat be addressed , ( Pom paid , ) to J . Hobson , Northern Star Oflic Leeds . Saturday , May 11 th , 1839 .
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THE NATIONAL PETITION . ( From the Times . ) Yesterday the Members of the National Convention met at elt veil o ' clock , lor the purpose ot transuding ihe ordinary business ol the association . At two o ' clock , about 200 of the Couvention set out trom liolt-a . urt . Fleet-street , lor the purpose ol taking up the " National Petition" to Mr . . Attwood niid Mr . Fiuidtm , with the view ol its behij ; presw . ted by 1 lie ol tho . e gentlemen to tlw House olCoaiinons , and to iis bi-ing supported by the other . The petitiou , which is stated to be three miles ( miniis 250 yards ) iu length , to be signed by J . 250 . 000 , ai-d to weigh nearly ( i r . wt .. after having buen buuud round with bitnditgea of tin , and placed on a rolirr ot krgo t-. iiiR'iisioii .-, was deposited in a cat t , in the lront of which was erected u framework , bearing the words " National Petition . " On either side of the cure were nflixed flags « nd banners .
On their nrriviii in Panton Siiuare , it was found that Mr . Attwoud ulune was there tu recehe then :, the absence ol Mr . Fiekeu being c < u . pelled by business , as was understood , ol importance elaewliere . A * soon an the deputation from the general body had prerenied theniselves to him , Mr . A'JTWOOD said he had shown a copy of the petition to the Speaker , who had said there could Ue obj- cdon to its being presented to the House , inasmuch as it was constitutionally , although iu one or two instances rather strongly , worded . He should , therefore , to-morrow , give notice of his intention to prtsent tLe petition to the House on Friday , and , having presented it , should then move that it tw printed , in which object he doubted not he should succeed . It was the confident expectalioc , he would at that moment mention , that at five o ' clock that afternoon Lord John Russell would give notice ol his resignation . After having
presented the National Petition , he should next put a notice on the bosks ol the House ol his intention on a future day—as to what day he should consult the Convention—to take the prayer of the Petition into consideration . In wlmt totm . tliat motion , whethtr it should be of a 0110 or a twofold character , would also rem-iin for consideration ; but for himsrlf , he ^ could not help thinking , that the milder test would be the best for them to proceed upon , with a \ iew to the end that the pnncipli s set lorth iu the petition should be carried into ( luw , it was also a question whether that motion should be brought on before or alter the Whitsuntide holiduys . A long conversation ensued , in tho course of which the Coiiveutiouiftts said they were exceedingly anxious th . it the matter should be brought beiore U . e House and decided as quickly aspussible . If the Petitiou were presented on Friday , surely the motion might be brought on on the following Monday .
Mr . Attwood would agree to do tliat , but he must avail himself of that opportunity to any , that he could not move for leave lobrmg in a bill for the establishment of what was denoimimed the People ' s Charter , la every other point—numely , Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , tfqual Representation , and ihe Payment of . Vlurnber . " , he must heartily agreed with them . His objection to the principle of the Charter was , that it went to interfere with thn principle of the ancient rights of the elective Iranchise ot Kngiand , inasmuch asitwouM give to Ireland one-hull' of ttie whole representation , that country , under the proposed regulations , being to return 200 Members ; whilst England , Scjtland , and Wales , would elect but 400 .
A great ( Jeal of discussion arose npo . n this deckraiion ' of the Hon . Meinbt-r , from tiie tenour ol wl . ich it was plainly perceptible that the Conventionists were somewhat taken aback by Ihe intimation . They , howevt r , endeavoured to induce the Hon . Member lor Birmingham to pledge himself to all tiiey required j but their ellbrts were unsuccessful , as he positively refused to diverge from the position ho had taken . Eventuall y the Petition was formaly tobelnftin the Hon . Member ' s passage , it its siza would permit of its b « -iug taken into the house , and was afterwards to be conveyed by the Convenionists to someplace of safety , with tliu understanding that they were to carry it down to the House ol Commons at twelve o ' clock on Friday next preparatory to its presentation . Much conversation also took plp . ee as to the manner in which the Petition was to be introduced into ( be House .
Mr . Attwoop said , he had consulted the Speaker on that point , and the Right Hon . Gentlemnu had suggested that it mi ght be wheeled on a burrow . Mr . Lovett—A wheelbarrow would not sustain 1 ( 8 wuight . It was ultimatel y arranged that several of the members of the Convention should go down , to bo m readiness to assist in carrying tho petition into the House . Mr . Attwood , Mr . O'Connor , and Bailie Craig , haviug addressed the assemblage in the square , and 111 the street lending thereto , from the window , the Conventionists retired to their respective homes .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Monday , May 6 . Lord Kflburne took his seat fnr Ayrshire . I he SPEAKER announce . 1 his intention of reFjjjnins tha chair alter tho Whitsuntide recess , on account of his inability to Hiipport the latigues and luboura of hi « office . In nnswertoSirR . PEEL , Lnr < 1 J . RUSSELL named Kridoy next as thf > Jay for tuklna th » Queen ' s Message relating to tho Canada * into contil-t' -ration . Thu adjourned debate on the Jamaica Liberties Extinction Bill . w » h then rammed , and occupied the rest of the evening . The House
divided—Jn Tavour of the Bill 294 Against it 2 fcfl Majority for Ministers ....,,,.,, i Tuesday , May 7 . Lnrrl JOHN RUSSELL announced the resijjnatinD of . MniMtera , and moved that the House at its risine do adiourn nil MonJav next . . J At the snggention of theSI'KAKBR , it u-a « ordered that tht Committeeson private Bills should ait during tho week notwithstanding the adjmirmm-nt of tho House . ' ' Mr . Serjeant TALKOUKU moved the order of tkn day fnr """ . recommittal of the Cvpyiipht Bill , bnt , at the stipeesiion ol bir R . Peel , the Learned G .-ntleinan postponed thi-further consideration of the mi-itourn till Tuesday nr xt . I he house then adjuvrned , at hall-past five o ' clock till Monday next .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 11, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1056/page/8/
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